I have been seeing some intakes on ebay, similar to what the AIRAID intake looks like. It has an 3" aluminum intake tube, 2 couplers, but I was curious of how I am going to hook up the MAF. Does Anyone know if the filter adapter for the V8 will work on our 4.2l? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/97-02...QQcmdZViewItem


Heres what I am looking at...

 

That looks just like my MAF. Just take it out of the filter box using a 10mm wrench (2 screws). To get the connector off, use a small flatblade screwdriver and press down on the tab in the middle of the connector. Be careful with the MAF, they are 150 bucks if you mess one up. I have a MAC air intake. You can get them on this website in the "online store" section. I think the one for the 4.2L is $158. They're good intakes for the price.

Here it is:
http://digitalmarket.f150online.com/...cat=161&page=1

 

i had a mac on my 03- it rusted on the inside of the tube and was getting sucked into my engine

 

Surely that wont be a problem with an aluminum intake pipe, correct. Thats has to suck. I found this intake(above pic) on ebay for $40buyitnow + $8 shipping. I think I'll get it for Xmas :-)

If my MPG drop or I get a CEL then I wont be too angry for $48

 

It sounds like someone is taking a belt sander after a metal pipe - lasts a few seconds at a time.

 

Yeah, I thought about the rust problem with the inside of the MAC pipe. I'm going to put my stocker back on pretty soon for sure before it becomes a problem. I'd like to try an AirRaid intake since they're plastic. Can't wait to get that Microtuner, and a new exhaust when I get my truck paid off this coming Summer.

 

Well, actually the tube of the Airaid is not plastic......remember this is the one I've got on my truck. Maybe some of them were, and maybe this is just really heavy duty plastic that sounds like metal when you hit it with a wrench.

If you can find an old Airaid that is plastic (as I have heard that the EARLIER Airaids were plastic) then that would probably be your best bet.

For one, I can't imagine that my pipe is rusting THIS fast after putting it on, causing the codes.

Then again, this IS Texas and the weather can swing 60 degrees in one day, with the humidity sometimes ranging 60-70 percentage points, so who the eff knows for sure. Guess the only way to find out is to take it off and look at it - damn that would be a pain in the butt.

 

YES IT IS TRUE THAT AF1 IS THE BEST FOR FORDS!!!! THEY ACTUALLY TOOK THE TIME TO MEET SPECS AND ANYALIZED THE WAY FORDS PERFORME. IN THE NEW FORDS, THEY ARE SO SENSITIVE THAT THE ONLY SAFE INTAKE TO USE IS THE AF1. THEY ALSO TELL YOU HOW TO RESET UR SETTINGS FOR AFTER INSTALLING THE INTAKE!!! I DID IT, AND SO MUCH AIR CAME IN THAT MY CATALATYC CONVERTERS GOT STOPED UP, AND YES!!! I TOOK THEM BAD BOYS OUT!!! I HAVE A SH** LOAD OF UPGRADES, BUT ONE OF MY FIRST THINGS WAS AN INTAKE. UR MONEY IS WELL SPENT!!!

 

off the topic but where did you get a pre runner syle bar for your truck stompthechevy

 

WHAT IS THAT UR LOOKING AT?

 

I clicked on the little picture thing in the upeer right hand corner of your post